Prosody in production at the onset of word use: A cross-linguistic study

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 406-422

  DePaolis, Rory A ^a   Vihman, Marilyn M ^b   Kunnari, Sari ^c  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 45249085957     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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